Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

  • Premiered: Jul 2013
  • Episodes: 204
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Season 2016
2016x1
The Last Star in the Universe — Red Dwarfs Explained
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Jan 31, 2016
The last star in the universe will be a red dwarf. Red dwarfs in general might be great places to look for aliens – or planets for humans to find a new home after our solar system has died.
2016x2
Why the War on Drugs Is a Huge Failure
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Mar 01, 2016
The war against drugs has been a terrible disaster for everybody involved. Why? And can we do something differently?
2016x3
The Antibiotic Apocalypse Explained
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Mar 16, 2016
What is the Antibiotic Apocalypse? What is it all about? And how dangerous is it?
2016x4
Space Elevator — Science Fiction or the Future of Mankind?
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Apr 08, 2016
So. Space elevators. Are they are thing that we should talk about?
2016x5
Safe and Sorry — Terrorism & Mass Surveillance
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Apr 14, 2016
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2016x6
How Far Can We Go? Limits of Humanity
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May 12, 2016
Is there a border we will never cross? Are there places we will never be able to reach, no matter what? It turns out there are. Far, far more than you might have thought…
2016x7
What Are You?
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May 31, 2016
So. Are you your body? And if so, how exactly does this work? Lets explore lots of confusing questions.
2016x8
What Happened Before History? Human Origins
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Jun 23, 2016
Humans. We have been around for a while now. When we think about our past we think about ancient civilizations, the pyramids, stuff like that. But this is only a tiny, tiny part of our history.
2016x9
Death From Space — Gamma-Ray Bursts Explained
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Jul 31, 2016
There are cosmic snipers firing at random into the unvierse. What are they and what happens if they hit us?
2016x10
Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever — CRISPR
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Aug 10, 2016
Designer babies, the end of diseases, genetically modified humans that never age. Outrageous things that used to be science fiction are suddenly becoming reality. The only thing we know for sure is that things will change irreversibly.
2016x11
Genetic Engineering and Diseases — Gene Drive & Malaria
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Sep 21, 2016
We have the choice to attack one of our oldest enemies with genetic engineering. But should we do it?
2016x12
The Most Efficient Way to Destroy the Universe — False Vacuum
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Oct 21, 2016
What if there is a way to destroy the universe so fundamentally that life as we know it will be impossible forever?
2016x13
Fusion Energy Explained — Future or Failure
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Nov 10, 2016
How does fusion energy work and is it a good idea?
2016x14
The Most Gruesome Parasites — Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
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Nov 30, 2016
There are a group of parasites extremely disgusting and mean. Humanity declared war on them.
2016x15
A New History for Humanity — The Human Era
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Dec 07, 2016
It is time to reframe how we think about our past. We need a new year 0 for humanity. But which one should we choose and why?
2016x16 Season finale
Overpopulation — The Human Explosion Explained
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Dec 22, 2016
In a very short amount of time the human population exploded and is still growing very fast. Will this lead to the end of our civilization?

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